The snake they discovered still in a nest has two fully-formed heads, two brains, four eyes, and two forked tongues, each acting independently of the other.

The employees got permission from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to remove the snake from the Pine Barrens for examination because it most likely would not have survived in the wild, NJ.com reported.

Rare two-headed timber rattlesnake found in the N.J. Pinelands- both heads fully functional but Herpetological Associates in Pemberton which found the reptile say it would be easy prey in the wild so they’re keeping it. pic.twitter.com/WNsytmF5X0